Election commissioners announce alternative polling times

Tuesday

Oct 30, 2007 at 12:01 AM

Board announces polling schedules

Board announces polling schedules

NEW BEDFORD — The Board of Election Commissioners has announced that voters of New Bedford unable to go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 6, can cast ballots from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 3, and Monday, Nov. 5, at the election office in City Hall.

Voters can also apply for absentee ballots up to noon on Monday, the day before the election. Voters temporarily out of the city can have a relative apply for a ballot on their behalf. Ballots must be sent through mail or can be returned to the election office by a relative or caretaker.

Voters will decide elections for mayor, assessor at large, School Committee members, councillors at large and ward councillors.